200 standard booths participate in Vietnam - Laos Trade Fair

(Baonghean.vn) - From June 29 to July 3, 2017, in the capital Vientiane (Laos), the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense coordinated with the Lao Ministry of National Defense to organize the Vietnam - Laos trade fair with the theme "Friendship, cooperation and development".

Towards the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Laos diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 - September 5, 2017) and the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam - Laos Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 - July 18, 2017), from June 29 to July 3, 2017 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense presided over and coordinated with the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Lao PDR Ministry of National Defense to organize the Vietnam - Laos Trade Fair with the theme "Friendship, Cooperation and Development".

The fair has the participation of more than 120 units and enterprises of the two countries, corresponding to about 200 standard booths on an area of ​​about 6,000 m2.², including 100 m²for the exhibition area to display and introduce images of the traditional friendship between the people of Vietnam and Laos; images of the Vietnam People's Army participating in labor production, economic construction and national development.

Ozone machines manufactured in Vietnam are being introduced to Lao customers. Photo: Ho Viet

The Fair Area of ​​Vietnamese enterprises has nearly 90 participating units and enterprises with 120 booths, bringing to the fair quality products, prestigious domestically and for export such as: textiles, agricultural, forestry and seafood products, handicrafts, processed foods, electricity, electronics, mechanics, chemicals, construction, building materials, fertilizers, industrial crops, animal feed, plant varieties...

Companies and enterprises of Military Region 4 participated in 2 booths with products such as: packaging, bricks and tiles, tourism services, plaster; iron ore; superfine stone powder, mineral water, handicrafts... During the fair, the Military Region 4 Art Troupe coordinated with the Art Troupe, General Department of Politics of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Army to organize art performances to serve the people with the theme of praising the image of the homeland, the tradition of revolutionary struggle, and the friendship and solidarity of the two countries Vietnam - Laos.

Military Hospital 4 also organized medical examinations and provided free medicine for more than 500 policy beneficiaries in the capital city of Vientiane, Laos.

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the 2017 Vietnam - Laos Trade Fair. Photo: Ho Viet

This is an important economic, political and social activity within Vietnam's national trade promotion program; It is an opportunity for consumers in Laos to learn more about Vietnamese products and goods, and at the same time, it is an opportunity for businesses and investors from both countries to meet, exchange experiences, seek customers, partners, cooperate, invest and develop, contributing to building the friendship and solidarity between Vietnam and Laos more and more sustainable.

Ho Viet